Ottoman+Empire

The Ottoman Empire Government and Society Vocabulary Sultans: Sultans are Muslim rulers, so they're pretty much kings. Harem: usually women had to live apart from the men in a part of the house called a harem. The Hierarchy There were basically two classes in the Ottoman Empire. There was the Ruling class and the "working" class. The ruling class consists of people who advised the sultan on, on legal and military issues, and judges. The working class held the people who didn't fit the <span style="color: #0a0a8c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">ruling class requirements. Most of <span style="color: #0a0a8c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">these people were Christians and Jews. <span style="color: #0a0a8c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">They formed their own religious communities, <span style="color: #0a0a8c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> called millets, inside the empire. Each of the <span style="color: #0a0a8c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">different millets had its own leaders and laws. <span style="color: #34f634; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Society <span style="color: #0a0a8c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">The Ottoman society limited the freedom of <span style="color: #0a0a8c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">that women enjoyed, especially if the women were <span style="color: #0a0a8c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">in the ruling class.

Leaders and there role in the expansion of the empire Mehmed II was the ruler of the Ottomans in 1453 to 1481 He used huge cannons to conquer Constantinople. Mehmed II defeated Byzantine empire. He became known as "The Conqueror ". Mehmed II made Constantinople the new capital, and called it Istanbul. He turned the Byzantines great church which was called Hygeia Sophia into a Mosque. Later, another Sultan or Ottoman ruler continued with Mehmed II's conquest. He made the empire bigger, it stretched to the rest of Anatolia. Anatolia is another name for Asia Minor. His armies conquered Syria and Egypt also. Soon, the holy cities of Mecca and Medina accepted the Ottoman rule also, and these triumphs made the empire a major world power. Flag

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